International Years
The year 2007 was declared (International) Year of the Dolphin by the United Nations and UNEP.
(International) Patron of the Year of the Dolphin was H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, with Special Ambassador to the cause being Nick Carter, of the Backstreet Boys.
2010 was designated the International Year of Biodiversity and presented an opportunity to enhance knowledge of ecosystems and their services.
Currently(2011) they are celebrating the International Year of Forests and preparing for 2012, which has been designated the International Year for Sustainable Energy for All.
(See international observance and list of environmental dates.)
Read more about this topic: United Nations Environment Programme
Famous quotes containing the word years:
“In two or three hundred years life on earth will be unimaginably beautiful, astounding. Man needs such a life and if it hasn’t yet appeared, he should begin to anticipate it, wait for it, dream about it, prepare for it. To achieve this, he has to see and know more than did his grandfather and father.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)